Logitech has quietly updated their popular G5 mouse, with the most significant upgrade being the extra thumb button. Although it's hard to warrant an upgrade for a current G5 owner, it's worth a look for anyone else in the market for a new gamers mouse.

Answers to following questions might clarify your short review/preview:

1. the "new" braided cord. Is it covered with vinyl instead of plastic? I've used headphones with vinyl sleeved cord. Seems to be kinda durable to my surprise.

2. mouse palm area surface. The some old Logitech mouses has annoying shinny surface which attracts dirts/greases/etc. Is the new surface still shinny/glossy or it's doesn't attract dirts? Which one do you personally preferred?

3. mouse hardware. Have you guys taken apart the new/old G5 mouse to see if any hardware has been swapped (e.g. optical sensor version, resistor/components layout, etc). Yeah that will void the warranty no doubt and I'm not sure if Logitech likes your review with dissecting their mouse.

The texture on this mouse feels like dry skin and it's ugly. What happened to the excellent 510 in blue design? The side buttons do not "click", the mwheel's up way up there in the air, and it can't track as well as a DeathAdder.

Thanks for the review,
I like the new paint job, pretty cool mouse I thought the G5 looked a bit depressed in Brown
I have a G5 and 2x Lim-ed G7's and the extra button should have always been there, on all of them, it was the only gripe I ever had.

I have an OCZ equalizer also(Im mouse mad) and it doesnt have the same build quality as the Logis,
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Logitech has quietly updated their popular G5 mouse, with the most significant upgrade being the extra thumb button. Although it's hard to warrant an upgrade for a current G5 owner, it's worth a look for anyone else in the market for a new gamers mouse.